Grigory Sokolov Plays Beethoven’s Sonata #15
Grigory Sokolov was born in Leningrad on April 8, 1950. He started to play piano at the age of five and, two years later, began studies with Liya Zelikhman at the Central Special School of …
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The Music of Heitor Villa-Lobos
The music of Heitor Villa-Lobos almost always reflected his two loves: Brazilian culture and the music of J. S. Bach. Born in Rio de Janiero, he was fascinated by his country’s history and culture. And, …
The “Gran Partita” By Mozart
The Serenade K 361 has long been known by its more famous nickname, Gran Partita. This was not Mozart’s invention: his manuscript for the piece originally had no heading, but some unknown hand scribbled the nickname on it, and …
Sonata #27, Opus 90 by Ludwig van Beethoven.
The piano sonata #27 by Beethoven is a two-movement work, and each movement is prefaced by tempo indications in German instead of Italian. The tempo indications had traditionally been given in Italian because the first …
Beethoven’s First published Work…
The piano trio Opus 1, number 1 is a lovely, melodic composition for piano, violin and cello. It was the first of a group of three works. Beethoven opens with a vigorous, well-defined sonata form …